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ANDREW ERNEST LEBEAU JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 30, 1936 – February 11, 1968
Service recordAndrew Ernest Lebeau JR, of Sparks, Nevada, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 11, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Sparks, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 78
- DENNIS MICHAEL KEEFECorporal · February 11, 1968
- RONALD JAMES KELLEYPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- RAUL RUBEN LAMASStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
From Sparks
- LARRY LEE LAKEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- MICHAEL L BRAEUTIGANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SHEALance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD ANTHONY CARRUTHERSLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- CHARLES BURTON FOX JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- RICHARD HOWARD WALKERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- DENNIS W LONDONSergeant · May 13, 1975
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.